ollie Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Shot my 1st woodcock of the season today. I flushed 4 altogether but only got at the 1 bird. I'm off all next week so hopefully pick up a few then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Are the woods fromThe LFWA any good for woodcock ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Are the woods fromThe LFWA any good for woodcock ? redditich if you do the mossy bits on the outside of the woods you will get woodcock , plus there is a big moss in there sumwhere that has woodcock/snipe and a odd phseasnt about it, ive never been at the big moss but remember a member tell me about it give terry a ring he should point you in the direction it is and what gate/entrance to park at to get to it, flushed 6 woodcock today got a shot at 2 but missed saw 2 more flight by whilst roost shooting this evening deff not about in the same numbers as last year yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 deff not about in the same numbers as last year yet Glad to hear someone else with this opinion. Was starting to think it was just me. Shot 1 woodcock this weekend though I was beating all day yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck hunter Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 we seeing better numbers this year got 13 las 3 wks not as many yesterday as the previous weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballymac Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Got out at weekend but was after partridge, although met other guys who were after woodcock and had flushed good numbers. This was in forestry near Clogher.We have a few weeks left atthe partridge and then move on to the woodcock and snipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) shot 3 today flushed another 5 and another 3 flew by whilst waiting for ducks to come to a flooded marshy field this evening Edited December 3, 2011 by monkeyboots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyffyllog Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Saw two on a small shoot I have yesterday, missed both !!!, heh heh, out next weekend 9th 10th on a permission I have with a few friends will report the week after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Rose 30 or so beating today. Always hard to put an exact number on it. One guy shot 3 on the one drive. 450 pheasants shot too!!! I'll have a go at the woodcock tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 flushed over 20 today shot 5 between 2 of us we only got out for a hour and did 2 local places if we had of been on the go all day im sure we wud of flushed double that number so looks as if they are about in numbers now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 funny been out the last 3 days in various place's for couple hrs each afternoon, got to say there def aint as many as last 2 years, dont get me wrong were still putting a few up just the places where we always get a few there arnt any there to put up, very scattered numbers few here few there but no big amount as far as i acn see,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Have to agree with the above. Spent 7 hours over Friday evening and Saturday on 3 different permissions. I only flushed a total of 9 birds for 5 shot. They're proving to be really hard work but no less enjoyable. We'll know in another weeks time if this moon has helped. Whatever is going to come will surely come now with the harder weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyffyllog Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Saw two on a small shoot I have yesterday, missed both !!!, heh heh, out next weekend 9th 10th on a permission I have with a few friends will report the week after. As promised a report on the weekend. Some friends and I had a couple of days walked up on some very very wet ground and jungle like cover in North Wales, Friday and Saturday. Three of us did some small beats on Friday, flushed 20, missed them all except for 2 and a Grey Squirel Jackdaw and a Pigeon made up the bag for the day. It was an early shower followed by copious amounts of 'Monkey Juices' of various kinds, as we were joined by another two eager enthusiasts ready for the next day. Saturday saw a full breakfast and away, we walked all day and covered some ground seeing 30+ the chance of a left and right came to three of us during the day and I have to admit that each of us failed to get a single feather from those chances. We saw plenty of snipe too and much bartering was experienced as we constantly missed, time and again. We ended up the day with 11 Woodcock and another Pigeon. Tired and aching bodies arrived back at base, well I speak for myself, a great birthday for a young 63 year old!, and i pray for some frost, heavy frost, for the next escapade with the next full moon in January 2012, it will be easier walking !! More Sloe Vodka please ! A moment in the sun whilst stood on a Bracken Bank yesterday: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyffylog Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Cyfyllog, that's a nice bag and must have been a good few days, however the picture could be improved by including the Purdey i seem to remember from last years pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Have to agree with the above. Spent 7 hours over Friday evening and Saturday on 3 different permissions. I only flushed a total of 9 birds for 5 shot. They're proving to be really hard work but no less enjoyable. We'll know in another weeks time if this moon has helped. Whatever is going to come will surely come now with the harder weather? There is a lot more birds in now mate. I was out for a couple of hours at the weekend and I must have flushed at least 12 birds, but only got shooting at 4 because I was by myself. The ground I was on is not even prime woodcock territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyffyllog Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Cyfyllog, that's a nice bag and must have been a good few days, however the picture could be improved by including the Purdey i seem to remember from last years pics! Oh it's still here, it's outing is coming this Thursday on a driven day, hope the weather improves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 shot 1 on saturday flushed 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 1 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 1 today You're not filling me with confidence for tomorrow! :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 You're not filling me with confidence for tomorrow! :unsure: was just a quick half hour walk around a few we rough patches at fields at the back of the house shot the 1 and flushed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) Flushed 8 today and saw one flighting out of the forestry at dusk. Managed 4 altogether including the flighting one. Pics in photo section. I have included a couple of photos here of the type of ground I was on today. I was flushing birds from the sparse bushes as well as under the coniferous tree. It would be interesting to see the type of terrain others are flushing birds from. Ill add more pics as I visit other permissions. Apologies for the quality of 1st pic not sure what happened there? Edited December 22, 2011 by woodcock1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby -doo Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 doing quite well with the woodcock this year to date ive shot 23 , hope to increase it tomorrow if everything goes to plan ! its only as last fortnite numbers have started to show around my area ! some of my ground would be like urs woodcock1 , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 shot 4 today flushed 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) shot 2 yesterday was a poor day just seen 1 bird all day Edited December 28, 2011 by monkeyboots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Had a good day boxing day flushing 13 and managed 8 the first pair being a L+R. Cot a couple of hours today flushing 8 and shooting 5. Lost 1 of them in a large area of whins/briars. The gale force winds made for very challenging sport. I shot one stone dead in the air at about 40yards that was really motoring down wind and paced it out to where it fell at 70 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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